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    When Good Enough Becomes Lousy

    Like Everything, Washing Machines Would Be Better with TVs

    Idiot Kid Looks for Narnia in Washing Machine, Overly Sympathetic Firefighters Save Him with Jaws of Life

    White Geek in Japan: Weird Washing Machines
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    You know, people laughed at people who still used Cast Iron pans and pots. Then, it comes out that the non-stick coating on pans can kill birds and one chemical has been moved to the same list as mercury in "not good for you". NOW, cast iron is making a "comeback", when it never really should have gone ou.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/28/09

    @ICanHazBrokenCowboy_GitEmSteve...: And where have YOU been all day? Ponies!, Curves, 92BLS, Lite, Kaiser-Mac, others--they've all been working their asses off covering for you. Being a Star Commenter, GESD, is a privilege of great power. And with that great power comes...well, you know the rest.


    No more slacking.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/28/09

    @bosskev: My frakking boss sent me offsite to within sneezing distance of The Swine Flu island, and I couldn't get online access. I did tell him if I get sick, I'm coughing on him. I apologize.


    Wrath of Khan, right?

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/28/09

    @ICanHazBrokenCowboy_GitEmSteve...: Exactly! Through gritted teeth, spit at your boss with "From hell's heart, I stab at thee."


    Or am I getting confused with The Sound of Music?

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    04/28/09

    @bosskev: Wait, what does this have to do with Nazi's?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    My grandmother swore by her ringer washer. She said the new ones didnt get the clothes as clean, and she used to tell me horror stories of ladies hands (and other parts) that got caught in those ringers as I watched her do the washing.
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    04/29/09

    @Curves: I thought my grandma was the only one that told those stories. It was inexplicably fascinating to watch clothes go through the wringer.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    04/29/09

    @greyer: By virtue of the fact that we were not allowed to touch it, it was even more fascinating, as are all things to children when that thing is off limits to them. Ah, the lure of forbidden fruit (and gadgets).
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    Image of godwhacker, your incandescent leader! godwhacker, your incandescent leader!
    04/29/09

    @Curves: i still have access to a wringer maytag (over at dads) back when blue jeans were blue and stiff as a board, you dropped them in a big bath of hot water and bleach, kicked the washer on, left for school, and when you got home, TA-DA!!! bleached, soft jeans.
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    Image of kexline kexline
    04/29/09

    @Curves: I think I'd still want a dryer for practicality's sake, but man, if I had a yard big enough for a clothesline, I would trek out to the homestead and GET one of my grandmother's Maytags.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    04/29/09

    @kexline: Lol, yeah, it would be weird having one and being a grown up, I can actually use it. I would probably get my hand stuck in there. I heard horror stories of "stuff" getting caught in there. Line dried linens are the bomb. Nothing beats the smell, but watch out for bees and stuff that get in your clothes. They are very angry. Trust me on this ;)
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    04/29/09

    @godwhacker, your incandescent leader!: I took a pair of stiff, new jeans to my dads house once and had him shoot them with buckshot. Instantly they were peppered with holes and then I washed them a few times. Coolest jeans you ever saw.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    It's the inspiration for the GNK Power Droid.


    *Gonk Gonk Gonk

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    The highpoint was the washboard.


    Cause I can make me some music on it.


    (I can also make me some music on the washing machine, but that music sucks.)

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    Well, Jason, taken out of context, of course this machine looks like a fail. You need to remember that what made this workhorse a winner in its day was its versatility, that is, once you added on all the options: meat grinder head, hurdy-gurdy roller and counterfeit money printing press.
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    Image of RiceBandit RiceBandit
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    A big part of the "Good Enough" mantra (as you call it), was that the product in question is affordably inexpensive... any ideas as to how "inexpensive" this was back in the day? It looks expensive to me...
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/28/09

    @RiceBandit: Actually, it was probably top of the line back then.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    And it's good to torture the gold out of old-timey prospectors, and these here varmints.


    Photobucket</p

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    Image of .357 .357
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    The Hoover- Primarily used by murderers to wash blood stains out of clothes.
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    02/05/09

    In reply to Like Everything, Washing Machines Would Be Better with TVs
    Giz was assuming you'd be able to watch TV on it (which is stupid to begin with).


    But why in all the gold plated sauce would I need to be able to tell how much time is left on my washing machine from across the room? Or at all? It's either making the washing-noise or it ain't.


    And it certainly isn't going to be in viewing (hence hearing) distance of my couch.

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    Image of Oniisan608 Oniisan608
    02/05/09

    @ScottRose: Well, if you're going to pay as much for this machine as I imagine it costs, then it better run damn silent, haha.
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    02/05/09

    @Oniisan608: So true.
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    Image of GalenAlexis GalenAlexis
    02/05/09

    In reply to Like Everything, Washing Machines Would Be Better with TVs
    Kind of like one of the LG refrigerators with an LCD TV they discontinued a while back. I'm sure this home appliance will end up the same way.


    [www.smarthome.com]

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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    02/05/09

    @GalenAlexis: Amen. My fridge at home is nearing 20 years old. Who wants a 20-year-old TV? No one, that's who.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/05/09

    In reply to Like Everything, Washing Machines Would Be Better with TVs
    Actually, this thing looks pretty sweet. I could see putting a video on of a cat going around and around and around. Animated or otherwise.
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    02/05/09

    In reply to Like Everything, Washing Machines Would Be Better with TVs
    Yea, cuase everyone has cable hookup where their washing machine is.....or not.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/05/09

    @MacDaddy901: You can go wireless TV.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    02/05/09

    In reply to Like Everything, Washing Machines Would Be Better with TVs
    It would be cooler if it could function as a dryer too.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/05/09

    @Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: It would be even coolerer if it can also fold the clothes.
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    Image of Ibelieveinsandwitches Ibelieveinsandwitches
    02/05/09

    @ripfire:

    it would be even way more super awesomely coolerer if it had a built in refrigerator that could hold your beer for you while you watched it wash, dry and fold your laundry
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    Image of Ethan Shaffer Ethan Shaffer
    02/05/09

    @ripfire: It'd be even coolererer if it made me a sandwich! ( :
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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/05/09

    @Ethan Shaffer: It'd be even coolererererrr if you could live inside it, and every now and then people brought you sandwiches.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/05/09

    @Ibelieveinsandwitches: @Ethan Shaffer: @frigg: Guys guys guys. Ok, I think I've figured it out:
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    02/05/09

    @Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog:


    Would it not be hotter if it functioned as a dryer as well?


    Surely you see what I've done there..

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    02/05/09

    In reply to Like Everything, Washing Machines Would Be Better with TVs
    I hope this thing doesn't attract children after that inspirational post this morning.
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